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SOUVENIR 



OF 



CADILLAC DAY, 

JULY 24™- 

1701 — DETROIT — 1893. 



Its observance under the auspices of the Wayne County 
Historical and Pioneer Society, July 24th, 1893, containing the 
names of those generous citizens and members of the society who 
so actively participated and aided in promoting its celebration 
in manner commensurate with the event it was designed to 
commemorate. 

This " Souvenir " is respectfully dedicated in the hope it 
may remind and stimulate the desire to observe the 24th day of 
July in all time to come. 

Fred. Carlisle, 

Compiler. 



In exchange 

MAR 2 9 nii 




2 SOUVENIR OF CADILLAC DAY. 

The compiler deems it fitting as introductory to this " Sou- 
venir," that the reader may form some idea of how Detroit 
appeared in 1701, as compared with Detroit of to-day, and 
therefore gives a verbative report made by Antoine La Mothe 
Cadillac to Count Ponchartrain, dated October 8th, 1701, and 
translated by Hon. Theodore Parsons Hall, of this city. 

" The profession of war differs from that of the writer and I 
cannot without this latter qualification draw the picture of a 
Country so worthy of a better pen than mine, but since you have 
instructed me to return some account, I will do so premising 
that the Detroit ( le Detroit ) is properly a canal or river of 
moderate breadth and of forty -five leagues in length (his estimate 
includes Lake St. Clnir and St. Clair River from Lake Erie to Lake 
Huron), situated north-north-east and south-south-west from 
where gently flow together the living crystalline waters of Lakes 
Superior, Michigan and Huron (which are so many fresh water 
seas) into Lakes Erie, Ontario or Frontenac, Avhence finally they 
mingle in the River St. Lawrence and the waters of the Ocean." 
The banks are so many vast prairies — where the freshness of 
these ever beautiful waters — give the grass a verdant green. 
These same prairies are bordered by long and extensive groves 
of fruit trees which have never felt the solicitous hand of the 
skillful gardner and these young and old fruit trees bend and 
curves their branches toward the fertile soil which has produced 
them. It is in this so fertile land that the ambitious vine, which 
has not yet wept under the knife of the painstaking vinedresrcr 
forms for itself, a dense canopy, with its luxurious branches and 
its bunches of grapes heavy on the head of whoevei leans against 
it, often choking the one who ventures to embrace it too closely. 
It is in these vast thickets, we can see congregated by hundreds 
the timid deer and shrinking doe with the roe buck bounding 
eagerly to gather the apples and plums with which the ground 
is paved. It is there that the watchful turkey calls together and 
conducts her numerous brood for harvesting the grapes. * * * 
The golden pheasants, the quail and partridge, the abundant 



SOUVENIR OF CADILLAC DAY. 3 

turtle dove, swarm in the woods and over the fields intersected 
and broken by clusters of tall forest trees, which aftord a charming 
prospect such as alone can assuage the irksoraeness of solitude. 
* * >i< The woods are of ten varieties : w'alnut, white oak, red 
oak, bastard ash, spruce, white wood, cotton wood, etc , but these 
same trees are straight as arrows without knots and of prodigious 
size. * * * The fish is nourishing and bathed in living crys- 
talline water, its great abundance renders it no less delicious. 
The swans are so great in number, that one might mistake them 
for water lilies among which they are entangled. The babbling 
goose, the teal, the bustard are so common, that in the language 
of the savage, " there is so much that it arranges itself in lines to 
permit a canoe to pass by." " Can we believe that a soil, on 
which nature has distributed everything with so much order, 
knows how to refuse, at the hand of the laborer inquisitive as to 
its fertile interior any return that he may propose? In one 
word, the climate is temperate, the atmosphere pure during the 
day, the winds are moderate, and during the night the sky ever 
serene diffuses sweet refreshing influences that enable one to 
taste the blessings of tranquil sleep. If the situation is thereby 
agreeable, it is now the less important, because it opens and 
closes the door of passage to the homes of the far ofFsavage nations 
by whom then vast fresh water seas are surrounded." 



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PRELIMINARY STEPS FOR THE OBSERVANCE OF 
CADILLAC DAY, JULY 24, 1893. 



At the annual meeting of the Michigan Pioneer and His- 
torical Society held at Lansing, June 7 and 8, the matter of 
observing the 24th of July, commemorating the founding of 
Detroit, no formal action was had, except ''That any which Wayne 
County Historical and Pioneer Society might take would receive 
encouragement from members of the State Society." 

The first meeting of the Society to consider the feasibility 
was held at the Russell House parlor, Monday evening, June 25, 
w^here it was resolved to celebrate the day and the following 
gentlemen were chosen a Committee of Arrangements : Alex. 
Chapoton, chairman ; J. Wilkie Moore, Dr. Ira Mayhew, Eli 
Barkume, James A. Visger, Col. J. M. Farland, James Gamble, 
Joseph A. Bedard, Dr. William Cahoon, Thomas Armstrong, 
Capt. R. S. Baker, Alex. Kittle, David Parsons, Frank Beaubien, 
J. B. Gravier, T. J. Beaubien, S. R. Mumford, Fred. Marvin, D. 
J. Campau, George Van Dyke, M. W. O'Brien, C. M. Burton, 
Robert McMillan, J. L. Hudson, A. G. Boynton, William C. 
Maybury, Dr. Jenks, William J. Chittenden, E. J^arned Williams, 
William Farrand, Fr. Ernest Van Dyke, D, M. Ferry, Allan H. 
Frazer, Frank G Russell, Albert Ives, Ronald Kelly. 

After several meetings, on the 8th of July the arrangements 
began to assume a practical form as shown by the following 
press reports of the meeting held to make final arrange- 
ments for the celebration of " Cadillac Day," July 24. A pro- 
gramme was arranged, committees named and a general address 
authorized to be issued, signed by J. Wilkie Moore, Henry 
Heames, Timothy Tarsney, A. A. Boutell, Alexander Chapoton 
and Fred. Carlisle, for the purpose of giving the citizens of 



SOUVENIR OF CADILLAC DAY. 5 

Detroit a better knowledge of what the day is intended to cele- 
brate, as follows : 

" On the 24th of July, 1701, Cadillac founded your city and 
established the first European settlement in Michigan and the 
great northern territory, which recognized that civil law should 
take precedence of all other forms of government for the encou- 
ragement as well as the development of the human race upon the 
Divine plan ! It is due his memory that this event and the day 
of its occurrence, should be speciall}'- observed by those who have 
so much profited by his efforts; therefore this society, in connec- 
tion with the descendants of his own nationality and the several 
county pioneer societies throughout the state, have determined 
hereafter to celebrate the 24th of July in such a manner as will 
impress upon future generations some reminders of the cost of 
those blessings which they are the recipients of The members 
of the several county societies, as well as those of kindred societies 
from states which once comprised a part of the great northwest, 
will come as your guests at the invitation of Wayne County 
Historical and Pioneer Society, and of the French benevolent 
and literary societies of your city. May we ask you to unite 
with us in extending to the committee having the detail of 
arrangements in charge, that aid which shall enable it to make 
this day long to be remembered by those who shall visit our city 
for the hospitality and generosity with which they have been 
received and entertained by the citizens of Detroit. Those societies 
who will units are requested to report on W^ednesday evening 
next, when it is urged that all members will be in attendance on 
that night," 

Committee of Arrangements — Alexander Chapoton, chair- 
man; J. Wilkie Moore, president Wayne County Historical and 
Pioneer Society ; Fred. Carlisle, secretary Wayne County His- 
torical and Pioneer Society ; Dr. Ira Mayhew, Eli Barkume, 
James A Visger, Col. J. M. Farland, James Gamble, Joseph A. 
Bedard, Dr. William Cahoon, Thomas Armstrong, Capt. R, S. 
Baker, Alexander Kittle, David Parsons, Frank Beaubien, S. R. 



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Mumford, J. B. Gravier, T. J. Beaubien, Fred Marvin, D. J. 
Campau, George Van Dyke, J. L. Hudson, M. W. O'Brien, C. M. 
Burton, Robert McMillan, A. G. Boynton, William C. Maybury, 
Dr. Edward W. Jenks, William J. Chittenden, E. Larned Wil- 
liams, William Farrand, Fr. Ernest Van Dyke, D. M. Ferry, 
Allan H. Frazer, Frank G. Russell, Albert Ives, Ronald Kelley. 

The following have signified their willingness to serve since 
the foregoing date : 

Hon. Bela Hubbard, Herschel Whitaker, Capt. John W. 
Westcott, Col. E. H Sellers, Hon. Henry Heames, Hon. Timothy 
Tarsney, D. W. Brooks, A. A. Boutell. 

Committee on Reception — James F. Joy, James Gamble, J. 
B. Gravier, D. J. Campau, Wni. C. Maybury, David Par-ons, Geo. 
Van Dyke, Thos. H. Armstrong, Dr. Edward W. Jenks, A. G. 
Boynton. 

Committee on Finance — S. R. ]\[umford, Joseph B Moore, 
M. W. O'Brien, Fred Marvin, Albert Ives, Ronald Kelly, Frank 
G. Russell, Herschel Whitaker, Wm. Farrand, Fred Carlisle, 
Frank Beaubien, T. J. Beaubien, A. A. Boutell. 

Committee on Entertainment — Wm. J. Chittenden, Dr. 
Wm. Gaboon, Robt. McMillan, Allan H. Frazer, C. M. Burton, E. 
Larned Williams, Col. J. M. Farland. 

Sub-committees were appointed as follows : On Entertain- 
nrent, Alexander Chapoton, J, Wilkie Moore, Joseph A. Bedard, 
James A. Visger, James F. Joy, Bela Hubbard, D. W. Ferry, J. 
L. Hudson, Fr. Ernest Van Dyke, Fred Carlisle. On Transporta- 
tion, T. J. Beaubien, D. Edwards, Capt. J. W. Westcott, Capt. 
Wm. A. Gavett, Capt. R. S. Baker. 

Lafayette Mutual and Benevolent Association, represented 
by Chas. M. Rousseau, J. L. Favre, Ismael Roy, Francois Z. 
Malo, Charles Longtin and its president J. B. Gravier. 

St. Jean Bapti^te Mutual and Benevolent Society, represent3d 
by Joseph Belanger, Joseph De Guise, Paul Rousseau, Joseph A. 
Bedard, Alfred Guimond and its president Edouard Racicot. 



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The following communications addressed to the Mayor and 
Cit}' Council in reference to Cadillac Day at different times and 
the action had thereon by the latter was as follows : 

July 10th, 1898. 

To the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Detroit : 

Gentlemen, — On the 24th day of July, 1701, La Mothe 
Cadillac founded the City of Detroit and thus established the 
first European settlement in the territory of the great northwest. 

At the annual meeting of the Michigan Pioneer Historical 
Association held in the City of Lansing, on the 7th and 8th of 
June last, the propriety of commemorating that historical event 
was discussed and the matter was referred to the Wayne County 
Historical and Pioneer Society for appropriate action. On the 
24th of June, the Wayne County Society held a special meeting 
at the Russell House and unanimously resolved to celebrate th6 
24th day of July as Cadillac Day. At a subsequent meeting 
appropriate committees were appointed to co-operate with the 
Lafayette and other French societies in the City of Detroit, with 
the purpose of making the event a success and of interest to the 
community at large. The day will be celebrated at the Audi- 
torium in the afternoon with appropriate music and addresses. 
Hon. Robert E. Frazer, judge of the Circuit Court, will deliver 
an oration, and brief addresses made by some of the oldest and 
most prominent men of the state. Ex-Governors Alpheus Felch, 
1846 ; Austin Blair, 1861 ; David H. Jerome, 1881 ; Josiah H. 
Begole, 1883; R. A. Alger, 1885; Cyrus G. Luce, 1889, and 
Edward B. Winans, 1891, have promised to be present. 

It has been suggested that the city as a municipality should 
take some action and part in thus commemorating one of the 
most important historical events in the progress of civilization. 

Your honorable body is therefore respectfully requested to 
appoint a committee to assist and confer with the other commit- 



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tees at the Russell House, Wednesday evening, July 12th, at 8 
o'clock p, m. 

Respectfully submitted, 

J. WiLKiE Moore, 

President H. and P. Society. 
A. Chatoton, Je., 

Chairman General Committee. 
Henry Heames. 
Fred Carlisle, 

Secretary. 
Accepted, 

Aid. Vernor moved to refer to a special committee of five, 
which motion prevailed. 

The chair announced as the special committee Aldermen 
Batchelder, Barnes, Stenius, Roth and Wuellner. 

Detroit, Mich., July IS, 1893. 
To the Honorable the Common Council : 

Gentlemen,— The undersigned has been delegated the 
pleasant duty of inviting the Mayor, the Common Council, and 
the city officers of Detroit to participate in the celebration of 
Cadillac Day, July 24tli ensuing, and to be the guests of the 
Wayne County Historical and Pioneer Society on that day. 

On the 24th of July, 1701, De La Mothe Cadillac and his 
hardy followers set foot upon the soil of our goodly city. They 
brought with them a christian civilization to take the"^ place of 
barbarism, and on that memorable day began the civilization 
which we now enjoy, so far as this community is concerned. It 
seems fitting that the acts of these hardy pioneers, and the day, 
now one of glory to their memories, as well as of inexpressible 
joy to us, should be celebrated. It seems fitting that we should 
recall, both from the pages of history and tradition, the virtues 
of their lives, and that we should not by silence and neglect seem 
to be without appreciation of all that their cominc. and their 



SOUVENIR OF CADILLAC DAY. 9* 

doing has done for us, and for the city wliich they founded and 
named. 

It is the desire of the Historical and Pioneer Society that 
his honor, the Mayor, the Common Council, and the city officers 
shall be active participants in the celebration, and so far as is 
consistent with public right and duty, that such official action 
shall be taken as would invite the attention of our citizens 
generally to the day and to the purpose contemplated. To this 
end we would suggest that the public buildings be decorated^ 
that citizens be requested to decorate their places of business, and 
if it be possible, that some appropriation be set apart out of the 
contingent or decoration funds to aid in that portion of the day's 
proceedings as the city may officially desire to sustain. 

Anticipating with thanks the acceptance of this cordial 
invitation, I remain, 

Respectfully yours, 

Henry Heames. 
Fred. Carlisle, 

Secretary. 
Accepted and placed on file. 

Same date as above. 
By Aid. Batchelder : 

Resolved, That the invitation from the Wayne County His- 
torical and Pioneer Society to the Mayor, Common Council and 
City Officials to participate in the proposed celebration of Cadillac 
Day, July 24th inst., be and is hereby accepted. 

Resolved, That the Controller be and he is hereby directed to 
draw his warrant on the proper fund in favor of Henry Heames 
for the sum of -^200 for the use of the proper committee having 
charge of said celebration toward the fund being raise to defray 
the expenses liereof. 

Objected to and laid on the table. 



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Also that he received the following : 

To the Honorable the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Detroit: 

Gentlemen, — We have the honor to transmit herewith a 
■eertitied copy of a resolution unanimously adopted by a large 
body of j^our citizens at a meeting held July 24th inst., to com- 
memorate the founding of Detroit by Antoine de La Mothe 
Cadillac, July 24th, 1701, and trusting that the sentiment therein 
•expressed may receive such action as will give it legal effect and 
force. 

We are, respectfully, your obedient servants, 

J. WiLKiE Moore, 
Henry Heames, 
Fred. Carlisle. 

The following is the resolution : 

Detroit, July 24, 1893. 

This is to certify that at a meeting of over two thousand 
citizens, convened to commemorate the founding of Detroit by 
Cadillac, July 24th, 1701, the following resolution was adopted 
by a rising vote : 

" Resolved, As a sense of this meeting, that the 24th day of 
July should he set apart and observed as a legal holiday in the 
City of Detroit in commemoration of the founding of the city by 
Antoine de La Mothe Cadillac in 1701, and that such legislation 
should be sought and had at the earliest possible date making 
said 24th day of July a civic holiday, to be designated as 
-^Cadillac Day.' " 
A true copy. 

J. Wilkie Moore, 

President. 
Henry Heames, 
Chairmctn Committee of Arrangement. 
Fred. Carlisle, 

Secretary. 
Accepted and i)laced on file. 



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Thft folloAving are the press reports of the meeting of July 12 : 

If one may judge from present appearance the memory of 
de La Mothe Cadillac will be celebrated in handson)e style when 
the proper date — July 24— comes around. The meeting of the 
committee making arrangement?, held last evening at the Russell 
House, was well attended and the interest taken in the informal 
talks of the members was much more than passive. 

The venerable J. Wilkie iMoore presided, and Fred. Carlisle, 
who is devoting the biggest part of his time to the success of the 
undertaking, was in the secretary's chair. He made the opening 
remarks, saying that all the pioneer societies in the state were 
interested in the scheme, and that it was incumbent on the com- 
mittee to invite them to take part in the celebration. Later he 
added to this that he had been in communication with the 
presidents of similar societies in Chicago, Milwaukee, Minnea- 
polis and St. Paul, and the interest shown In^ those societies 
would warrant their being invited also. 

Henry Heames was chosen chairman of the Invitations 
Committee and A. A. Boutell made chairman of the Committee 
on Finance. Later the chairmen of the sub-committees were 
named an Executive Committee to have general charge and be 
resi)onsible for carrying out the work of the sub-committees; Mr. 
Heames was chosen its chairman, and W. C. Maybury, C. M. 
Rousseau, Bela Hubbard, F. G. Russell and Mayor Pingree were 
added to the committee. Later still the members of all commit- 
tees were constituted a General Executive Committee. 

The committee decided to invite the veteran corps of the 
Detroit Light Guard to act as an escort on the day of celebration, 
and Capt. W. H. Eberts, who was present at the meeting, will 
issue an order to his command to that efi'ect. It is the request 
of the committee that all the members of the corps be present, if 
po.'sible, at the celel^ration. 

J. \Y. Westcott, of the Committee on Transportation, 
reported that the steamer Greyhound, which will easily accom- 



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modate 1,600 people, and 2,000 if necessary, could be engaged 
for the afternoon of the 24th for three hours at a cost of $100, 

Mr. May bury thought the day should be a civic holiday, and 
that the Mayor, City Couucil and city officers should be invited 
to assist in the celebration, as guests of the committee. 

Aid. Batchelder and Stenius, who were present, said the 
Common Council could be relied on to assist, and Mayor 
Pingree, who came in at this moment, said he likewise could be 
counted on for all the help in his power to give. 

The chairman of the Finance Committee was empowered to 
add such men to his committee as were in his opinion necessary, 
It was decided to call a meeting of the Executive Committee in 
Mr. Maybury's office, over the Detroit Savings Bank, for 3 o'clock 
this afternoon, with a meeting of the Invitation Committee to 
immediately follow it. The Finance Committe will meet in the 
office of the chairman Boutell, in the basement of the Campau 
building, this morning at 10 o'clock. 

The General Executive Committee will meet in the Russell 
House parlors Friday evening at 8 o'clock, and all citizens who 
take an interest in the event are cordially invited to attend the 
meeting. 



Mr. Alexander Chapoton having declined to serve, Hon. 
Henry Heames was made chairman of the General Committee, and 
the following was issued as the official program for the Cadillac 
Celebration, July 24, 1893, commemorating the founding of 
Detroit, under the auspices of Wayne County Historical and 
Pioneer Society : 

J. Wilkie Moore, president; Fred. Carlisle, secretary. 

Executive Committee— Henry Heames, chairman ; Mayor 
H. S. Pingree, A. A. Boutelle, Frank G. Russell, Bela Hubbard, 
Chas. M. Rousseau, Jno. W. Wcscott, Wm. C. Maybury, Wm. J. 
Chittenden. 



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Finance Committee — A, A. Boutelle, chairman ; Theo, J. 
Beaubien, S. R. Mumford, Fred. Marvin, Herschel Whitaker, 
Francis L. Beaubien, Jos. B. Moore, Frank G. Russell, Fred. 
Carlisle, Louis C. Watson, James Gamble, Alexander Kittle, 
Robt. McMillan, Eli Barkume, James Holihan, -Jas. E, Lacroix, 
Capt. R. S. Baker, J. B. Gravier, Capt. Harry Blanchard, Maxim 
Rivard, Col. R. G. Butler, Peter LaFerte, A. E. Hamlin, Geo. F. 
Renaud, Chas. Chene, Benj. Guiney, J. B. Lauder, Jos. A. Bedard, 

E. T. Slocum, Desire B. Willemin, Wm. Auberlin. August 
Mufiat, Edward W. Villerot, Frank D. Marantette. 

Invitation Committee — Henry Heames, chairman; Mayor 
H. S. Pingree, Bela Hubbard, C. M. Rousseau, W. C. Maybury, 

F. G. Russell, Joseph Belanger, 

Commissary Committee — W. J.Chittenden, chairman; Dr, 
Wm. Cahoon, C. M. Burton, Alex. Kittle, Robt. McMillan, Jos. 
Nicholson, Wm. A. Gavett. 

Decoration Committee — Joseph Belanger, chairman. 

Transportation Committtee — Capt. J. W. Wescott, chairman; 
D. Edwards, Blain Gavett, Edwin J. Pierce, Chas. A. Warren, 

Reception Committee — J. Wilke Moore, chairman; Mayor 
H. S. Pingree ; Ex-Mayors C. H. Buhl, S. B. Grummond, M. H. 
Chamberlain, John Pridgeon, Jr., W. G, Thompson, Alex, Lewis 
and John S. Patton ; Aldermen J. L. Batchelder, Walter Coots, 
P. Stenius, A. Roth and J. Wuellner ; Senator James McMillan, 
Capt. H. F, Eberts, Joseph A. Bedard, J. B. Gravier, Geo. H. 
Hopkins, Conrad Clippert, E. W. Voigt, John Gibson, Otto E. 
Grulich, Wm. Foxen, Claude Riopelle, James A. Visger, Clement 
LaFerte, Louis Hebert, John McVicar, S. Simon, Carl Schmidt, 
Fred T. Moran, J. W. Seely, Wm. Livingstone, Joseph Nicholson, 
A. Goebel, W. A. Jackson, H. J. A. Leteker, Daniel J. Campau, 
Chas. K. Trombly, R. W. Gillett, Thos, G. Craig, James Meath, 
Horace Hitchcock, John McBride, Geo, W. Bates, F. X. Monier, 
Geo. W. Fowler, A. G. Boynton, Jas. E. Scripp, R. Storrs Willis, 
Major Fitz Hugh Edwards, Daniel Scotten, Dr. E. W. Jenks, 
Capt. Eber Ward, Capt. A. P. T. Beniteau, Capt. E M. Peck, 



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Gen. R. A. Alger, J. Logan Chipman, Sylvester Larned, Wm. H. 
Stevens, G. V. N. Lothrop, C. H. Buhl, D. M. Ferry, Hon. Don 
M. Dickerson, Emil S. Heineman, Magnus Butzel, E. Y. Swift, 

E. G. Bagard, Geo. H. Barker, Jeremiah Dwyer, C. A.Ducharme, 
Jas. E. Pittman, David Carter, Richard Beaubien, Raymond 
Baby, John V, Moran, A. E. Viger, IVIajor A. F. R. Arndt, Henry 
Campau, Hon. E. H. Butler, Hon E. 0. Durfee, Wm. A. Butler, 
Jr., Wm. H. Eberts, W, E. Heames, Francis Palms, Hon. C. I. 
Walker, Capt. Chas. Dupont, F. W. Hayes, Wm. May, Lt. Com. 

F. O. Davenport, Gen. L. S. Trowbridge, Marshall H. Godfrey, 
Geo. W. Edwards, Jerome Croul, S. Heavenrich. 

Committee on Parade — Capt. H. F. Eberts, chairman, with 
power to select his associates and aids. 

Music — Homer Warren, chairman, with power to select his 
associates. 

Committee on Exercises, at Auditorium — Wm. C. Maybury? 
Henry Heanies, Fred. Carlisle. 

The office of the Chamber of Commerce, 65 Griswold street, 
designated as headquarters of all committees, 

■ Fred. Carlisle, 

General Secretary. 



REPORT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, .JULY 14. 

The Executive Committee on the celebration of the founding 
of Detroit, and the establishment of the first permanent civil 
settlement in the great northwest, beg leave to submit the follow- 
ing report : 

1st. That Whereas, The Wayne County Historical and 
Pioneer Society have taken the preliminary steps for the obser- 
vance of the 24th of July, which shall be recognized and known 
a'5 Cadillac Day, and hereafter observed as a civic holiday. 

Resolved, That this coming 24th of July be celebrated and 
observed under the auspices of the Wayne County Historical and 
Pioneer Society. 



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2nd. That we recommend the following to constitute the 
several committees who shall have in charge the details connected 
with the exercises on that occasion. 

3rd. That all these committees shall report to the Executive 
Committee, it being composed of the chairmen and members of 
these several committees. 

4th. We recommend that the Invitation Committee extend' 
invitations to the several municipalities of the state, the Clergy, 
the Governor and Ex-Governors, the Federal, Supreme and 
Circuit Courts of the state, the Municipal Courts of the City of 
Detroit, the local foreign Representatives as well as the Consul 
and the Ambassador of the French Republic. 

The several County Pioneer Societies and several Educational 
Institutions of the state. The Historical Societies of Chicago, 
Milwaukee, St. Paul and Minneapolis. The municipal authorities 
of Windsor, Chatham and Amherstburg, Ontario. The Veteran 
Light Guard Corps, and that the several Military Companies and 
the Benevolent and Literary Societies of the city take part in the 
parade. 

The committee recommends the following as program to be 
observed for general parade, with such modifications as may be 
suggested : 

The Societies and Military participating form on Adams 
East and west of Woodward. -'Park," Bagley, Miami and 
Madison avenues. From thence south to Michigan avenue, 
thence to Griswold street, thence to Jefferson avenue, thence to 
Randolph street east, thence west to Auditoriun'x. 

Henry Heames, Chairman.. 
Bela Hubbard, 
Wm. C. Maybury, 
Fred. Carlisle. 



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The follov/ing program were adopted July 14, viz. : 

ORDER OF THE DAY. 

The parade will form at the Grand Circus Park, at 2:30 p.m. 
and begin to move at 3 p. m. sharp. 

The parade will be under the direction of Capt. H. F. Eberts, 
with Capt. A. P. T. Beniteau as Chief Marshall. 

The line of march for the Cadillac Day parade Avill be as 
'follows : 

Starting from Adams avenue, south on Woodward avenue 
to State street ; west on State to Griswold ; south on Griswold to 
Jefferson avenue; east on Jefferson to St. Antoine, counter- 
marching west on the north side of Jefferson to Bates ; north on 
Bates to Larned, and east to Auditorium. 

H. F. Eberts, 
Chairman Parade Committee. 

PROGRAM OF EXERCICES AT AUDITORIUM AT 4 P. M. 

1st. Meeting called to order by J. Wilkie Moore, President 
of the Wayne County Historical and Pioneer Society. 

2nd. Invocation by Rev. Grand, Pastor of St. Anne's 
Church, Detroit. 

Music — "■ America." 

3rd. Address of Welcome to the Guests, by Hon. Hazen S. 
Pingree, Mayor. 

4th. Response by Ex-Governors Alpheus S. Felch or Cyrus 
G. Luce. 

Music — " Star Spangled Banner," Band. 

5th. Cadillac the founder. 

Response— Father Joseph Meinard, in French; Hon Robert 
-E. Frazer, in English. 

Music — " Marseillaise," Band. 

6th. The Early French Regime. 

Response — John Atkinson and Claude N. Riopelle. 



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7th. The New Regime. 
Response — Wm. C. Maybury. 
Music — Auld Lang Syne. 
Benediction — Rev. F. A. Blades. 



July 24, all the preliminary arrangements having been com- 
pleted. The following notices by the press will convey some 
idea of the manner in which they were carried out. 

[From the Detroit Tribune of July 25th.] 

" One hundred and ninety-two years ago yesterday Antoine 
de La Mothe Cadillac founded the City of Detroit, and yesterday 
the anniversary was commemorated by imposing and elaborate 
exercises. 

" Since thirty-five years ago, when the 24th of July was 
marked by some modest exercises, each succeeding year has passed 
without any concerted recognition of the birthday of the City of 
the Straits. For two or three years past members of the Wayne 
County Pioneer and Historical Society have been agitating the 
scheme of some proper observance of the day by their organiza- 
tion, but it was not until the meeting of the state body of which 
the Wayne County Society is an auxiliary, that enough encou- 
ragement was received to warrant definite arrangement to that 
end. Once decided, the Wayne County auxiliary began imme- 
diate preparation for a celebration on a large scale, and several 
weeks ago the project was first made known to the public through 
the columns of The Tribune-. The appointing of committees and 
other preparatory measures have been regularly chronicled in the 
daily press since that time, and more information has been 
printed concerning the illustrious Frenchman who is the father 
of Detroit than ever before. 

'• The preparations for yesterday's celebration soon outgrew 
the limitations of any society or class, and citizens in general 
became interested ill the project. It was the purpose of the 



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Pioneer and Historical Society to bring the day before the people 
as one which should not be allowed to pass unheeded, and to 
emphasize its significance and importance to such an extent that 
in future years the authorities would declare the 24th of July a 
civic holiday and observe it with proper ceremonies. It is safe 
to say that the object of the society has been realized." 

NATURE ASSISTED. 

" The last committee meeting before yesterday's celebration 
was held Saturday night, and at that time all arrangements were 
complete, and the project seemed an assured success unless some 
adverse circumstance should be encountered. When the clouds 
gathered yesterday morning and the rain began to fall, it looked 
as if this discouraging feature was to be in the nature of bad 
weather. Before the noon hour, however, the rain seized, the 
sun came out brightly, and clouds and fears were alike dispelled 

" In accordance with instructions of the official program the 
committeemen, honorary guests, speakers and press represen- 
tatives assembled at the Russell House parlors at 1 o'clock in the 
afternoon. Among the guests were ex-Governor G. W. Begole of 
Flint, next to the oldest ex-governor of Michigan living, and 
Gabriel Bissonette of Monroe, who dates his birth to 1810. More 
than half of the little assembly in the parlors was composed of 
men more than three score and ten years old. The meeting of 
these pioneers — men who have endured the privations and hard- 
ships which are the lot of the first settlers, the meaning of which 
is plain only to those who have experienced them, was unusual 
and impressive. There was a Hash in the eye, and a warmth in 
the hand- clasp as patriarch greeted patriarch and recalled to 
mind some incident of their young manhood days, which was in 
keen contrast to their feeble step and tent forms. It was a scene 
to inspire veneration for manly old age. 

" At 2:30 o'clock. Chairman Heames of the committee on 
carriages announced the start to the park, and paired the guests 
oil in the order in which they were to ride in the parade. In the 



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first carriage were J. Wilkie Moore, the venerable representative 
of Cadillac, and Controller C. W. Moore, the mayor's representa- 
tive. Next came ex-Governor Begole, Bela Hubbard and some 
of the speakers. The delegation from the Windsor council and 
the other guests took the remaining carriages, and the procession 
drove to Washington avenue to await the start of the parade." 

THE PARADE. 

" Shortly after 1 o'clock, men, women and children began to 
congregate in Grand Circus Park, and when it was lime for the 
parade to move several thousand people were assembled in the 
shade of the park trees. Shortly after 2:30 the various military 
companies and societies which were to take part in the march 
began to arrive on the side streets which center at the park. The 
thrilling music of the bands, the trim uniforms and glistening 
guns of the militia, and the fluttering banners and badges were 
all features of the hour and made up the ensemble which never 
fails to make the heart beat faster on like occasions. The dignified 
veteran corps of the D. L. G. uniformed in black prince alberts, 
black felt hats, white gloves and canes, was one of the first 
detachments on the ground. Soon after came the Fourth Regi- 
ment, headed by its admirable band. The societies from the 
various catholic churches came soon after, and it was but a verj 
few minutes after 3 o'clock when the parade began to move, led 
by an advance guard of over a dozen mounted aides. 

In the first division came the Veteran Corps, Fourth Regi- 
ment Band, Fourth Regiment, independent military organiza- 
tions and the cadet corps. 

The second division was headed by the Metropolitan Band, 
and included the Knights of St. John, Knights of Ste. Anne and 
Knights of St. Joseph, all handsomely uniformed. 

"In the third section came the Great Western Band, followed 
by a large delegation from the Societe Bienfaisance da Lafayette 
and from the Societes St. Jean-Baptiste of D^U'oit and Windsor. 
These were followed by the members of the Historical and Pioneer 



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Society and the carriage delegation. The fourth division, which, 
according to the program, was to consist of the Cadillac Bicycle 
Club, the Detroit Wheelmen and unattached wheelmen, failed to 
materialize. 

"The parade was not as pretentious as had been anticipated, 
but it was nevertheless an imposing spectacle. All along the line 
of march the spectators were crowded on the sidewalks and into 
the road, and the windows of the buildings were frames for ani- 
mated faces. The line of march was as follows : Starting from 
Adams avenue, south on Woodward avenue to State street ; west 
on State street to Griswold ; south on Griswold to Jefferson ave- 
nue ; east on Jefferson to St. Antoine, countermarching west on 
the north side of Jefferson to Bates ; north on Bates to Larned, 
and east to Auditorium." 

DECORATION. 

" If there was one disappointing feature of the celebration 
it was the lack of decoration in the business portion of the city. 
Some of the merchants displayed the old flags which have done 
service for every event from the G. A. R. national encampment 
down to the Blue Ribbon meeting, but there was no attempt to 
recognize the event by decorations of special design, with a single 
exception. The entire front of the large establishment of Henry 
Newland & Company, on Jefferson avenue, was covered with the 
colors of the United States and France, tastily arranged. To this 
firm belongs the credit for making the single and notable excep- 
tion to the indifferent rule. 

"The countermarch on Jefferson avenue was the artistic 
feature of the parade. As the militaries reached Bates street on 
the return march on Jefferson, they drew up in single file on the 
north side of the street and came to present arms, which position 
they maintained until the entire parade had passed in review. 

" Awaiting the arrival of the parade at the Auditorium was 
a large audience, and when the honorary guests marched up the 
aisle to the platform, led by 'Cadillac' Moore and Associate 



SOUVENIR OF CADILLAC DAY. 21 

Chairman William C. Maybury, the assembly cheered heartily. 
All the honorary guests were given seats on the platform, beside 
the speakers." 

AT THE AUDITOEIUM. — IMPRESSIVE EXERCISES THERE IN HONOR 
OF THE OCCASION. 

" The Auditorium had been quite liberally decorated with 
flags, bunting and banners for the occasion. The colors of France 
were given much prominence. A row of potted ferns and palms 
extended across the front of the platform. A very good brass 
band occupied seats in the east end of the building, and the 
opening of the program was announced by its rendition of 
' America.' 

" At the close of this number Henry Heames called the 
assembly to order, 'Ladies and gentlemen,' he said, 'the 
pleasant duty devolves upon me this afternoon of introducing to 
you the Hon. J. Wilkie Moore, president of the Wayne County 
Pioneer and Historical Society, under whose auspices this gath- 
ering has been brought here.' 

" As Mr. Moore stood up to address the audience he was 
lustily cheered. He said in part : ' Of course you all know for 
what we are assembled here to-day. We have come to honor La 
Mothe Cadillac, who took his life in his hands and sailed across 
the ocean to establish the settlement which has since grown into 
our magnificent city, It was he who drove the first post for the 
old Fort Ponchartrain, and he who established a religion which 
is devoutly observed today. We come together today with thank- 
ful hearts that such a man should come here and lay the founda- 
tions of such a city as we now are. When Cadillac landed from 
his canoe at the point where the city now stands he found all 
around him a dense wilderness. Nothing daunted, however, he 
conquered all obstacles, and with a strong arm and a noble heart 
started the civilization which has grown into this beautiful city 
and state. I deeply appreciate that, after having lived here over 
sixty years, you have chosen me to represent La Mothe Cadillac 



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in this celebration today. When I came here there were less 
than 2,600 habitants, and now we have nearly 300,000. I have 
visited Paris, and I have been in all the principal cities of this 
country, but from every journey I have return to dear old 
Detroit, and rejoiced that I could call myself a citizen. 

" 'We have endeavored to establish Cadillac Day as a holida}' 
this year,' continued Mr, Moore, ' and I hope that after Ave 
pioneers are all passed away you will continue to observe it. It 
is proper to recognize the divine love which has blessed our city 
and ourselves, and I shall now ask the Rev. Grand to say a 
word of prayer.' " 

LETTERS OF REGRET. 

" The prayer was followed by a band selection, after which 
Secretary Carlisle of the Pioneer and Historical Society read 
extracts from communications which he had received from the 
French ambassador at Washington, the consul-general of France 
at Chicago, ex-Governor Luce, J. Sumner Rogers of the Orchard 
Lake Military Academy, Mr. Shoemaker, a Jackson pioneer, and 
Judge Albert Miller of Bay City, one of the oldest presidents of 
the State Pioneer and Historical Society. The letter of the 
consul-general of France is as follows, as translated by his secre- 
tary : 

'"Chicago, 56 Fifth Avenue, July 22, 1893. 

" ' Mr. Secretary, — By your letter of July 18, received 
yesterday, you honored me with an invitation to participate in 
the ceremonies which will take place on the 24th inst.,at Detroit, 
to celebrate the anniversary of the founding of the city by Cadil- 
lac in 1701. 

" ' No ceremony could be more interesting to me, since it 
has for its object the recognition of the glorious part France has 
taken in the founding of your grand and magnificent city. 
Hence it is one of my sincere regrets that mj^ duties should com- 
pel me at this time to remain at the Columbian Exposition in 



SOUVENIR OF CADILLAC DAY. ^ 

the midst of my countrymen who have come in response to the 
invitation tendered by the United States, thus giving a new 
proof of the close bonds connecting us with your illustrious 
nation. 

" ' Nevertheless I cannot let this occasion pass without offer- 
ing my congratulations and thanks to the Historical Society of 
the County of Wayne, and the other societies of Michigan, for 
the initiative they have taken and which does you the greatest 
honor. Another year I hope to have the pleasure of participating 
in one of these celebrations which are most worthy of success. 
Accejit, Mr. Secretary, the assurance of my highest consideration. 

•' ' Edmond Bruwaert, 

" ' Consul General of France^ 

didn't like Snyder's reply. 

" One communication, a refusal from Lieutenant Snyder, of 
Fort Wayne, to allow^ the troops to take part in the parade of 
yesterday, provoked considerable adverse criticism. The lieu- 
tenant's letter said that he considered the scheme ' impracticable,' 
but upon what grounds was not stated. 

" Chairman J. Wilkie Moore then said ; ' Allow me to intro- 
duce to you City Controller C. W. Moore, who will represent the 
mayor in the address of welcome today.' 

"Mr. Moore said: 'It is my privilege on behalf of the 
mayor, who is indisposed, to tender you the freedom of this 
grand city.' He recites the attractiveness of Detroit and the im- 
portant position which she holds in the country. Turning to 
the Cadillac of the day, he said: 'Now, Father Cadillac, when 
you were here 192 years ago, you didn't find it necessary to have 
any keys. Everything was unlocked. But now things have 
changed and you may need a key to enter all the places of 
interest. I therefore take great pleasure in presenting to you 
this key to the city (offering a large golden key) which will 
admit to all places where you have any desire to go.' 



24 SOUVENIR OF CADILLAC DAY. 

" The venerable chairman acknowledged the compliment of 
having the city's key given to him, '' I shall hold fast to it," he 
said, * and may all honor be given to the mayor and the ones in 
authority in Detroit.' 

" Ex-Governor Begole was introduced amid cheers and 
applause. As he stepped forward on the platform the entire 
assembly arose and gave three rousing cheers for the old man. 
It was a scene that must have thrilled his heart. He said that 
he little thought when he arrived in the city that he should be 
asked to make, at a period when it was still, the 
shortest kind of a speech. He had expected to meet several of 
the ex-governors, but had been disappointed. " I'm glad I'm 
here," said the speaker, and the audience cheered the assurance 
that it was glad for the same reason. " I was here in 1836 and 
stopped at a little hotel. I did not think then that this would 
become such a wonderful state. All was then willderness. Now 
we have one of the most flourishing states in the country. I 
congratulate you people of Detroit upon living upon the shores 
of the most beautiful river in the world. When I was here in 
those early days you had less than 5,000 people, and we used to 
carry water from the river in pails, but now you have one of the 
very finest cities in the world.' " 

JUDGE FRAZER SPEAKS. 

" Robert E. Frazer was introduced to speak on ' Cadillac the 
Founder.' Judge Frazer recognized the fitness of meeting 
together to celebrate the day which commemorated the founding 
of Detroit. He thought it should be made a holiday, on which 
the inhabitants would lay aside the business care and worry and 
participate in appropriate exercises. There was no spot in all 
the world, he said, where the explorer might have seen greater 
possibilities of civilization in the early days than in the country 
around the great lakes. 

" ' It was the controlling idea of Cadillac,' he said, ' that 
Detroit should become not simply a military outpost, but a per- 



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manent settlement which should develop into a great common- 
wealth. He treated the Indians as friends and tried to civilize 
and educate them. If Cadillac's ideas had always prevailed there 
is no knowing how great a future this country would have had. 
He was a stalwart man and did much for France in winning the 
friendship of the Indians. The city of Detroit now stands 
without a peer in all this broad world of ours,' continued Mr. 
Frazer, * When I hear gray-haired men talking of Detroit when 
there were only a few log houses here, and they use to cut trees 
where the principal streets are now, my mind goes back to the 
pioneers of them all — those sturdy men who first pushed their 
canoes into Detroit river. I think there must have been a fasci- 
nation about that discovery that is ahead of any sensation of 
modern civilization. You may talk about your sunny shores of 
the tropics, but no such men are there as are bred in our northern 
countries. In the days when you pioneers first came to this city 
your transportation was by ox teams and your asphalt pavements 
were corduroy roads, but you had friends and good stomachs and* 
enjoyed your salt pork and corn bread better than the finest 
cuisine of the modern chef.' " (Applause). 

AN ADDRESS IN FRENCH. — REV. JOSEPH MEINARD SPEAKS IN THE 
LANGUAGE OF CADILLAC. 

" At the conclusion of Judge Frazer's address, Rev. Joseph 
Meinard was introduced, and addressed the audience in the 
French language upon the same subject, 'Cadillac the Founder.' 
A liberal translation of his remarks is given below : 

" ' Mr. President of the Historical Society, — In order to 
properly respond for 'Cadillac, the Founder,' I should have been 
the good Recollet Father Constantin, the intimate companion 
and spiritual guide of the brave and intrepid explorer. I would 
then have heard the aspirations of his noble ambition, appreciated 
his loyal nature, admired his genius and smiled at his Gascon 
sallies. From these materials I could have composed an eulo-- 



26 SOUVENIR OF CADILLAC DAY. 

gium. Unhappily I come 190 years too late and I can only 
praise Cadillac from the works he has left behind him. But his 
work it is Detroit, a work, a masterpiece, sufficient to place on 
his memory a crown of immortality. 

'"When fortune's breezes, directed by the angel of God, 
wafted me to this shore my mind's eye was yet filled with the 
marvels of Paris, associated with the splendors of the orient, and 
I believe there was nothing more to tax my admiration. But 
when I came to see your beautiful city, her grand avenues lined 
with beautiful homes, her beautiful and sparkling strait and her 
unique park on her isle of emerald green I could no longer 
restrain my enthousiastic admiration. I felt proud for the French, 
for a Frenchman, our Cadillac, whose keen military foresight 
took in the great future possibilities of the city at the same time 
his artistic eye quickly took in the natural beauties of its sur- 
roundings. 

" ' Gentlemen of the committee, on behalf of Cadillac, who 
formed and left you this bright corner of the world, I thank you, 
I thank you for honoring the tricolor of France, whose standards 
are so prominent in the beautiful decorations of this hall. I 
thank you for calling a Frenchman to address you in his own 
tongue even as a religionist of the same faith as the brave mis- 
sionary who accompanied the great Cadillac. I thank you in the 
name of the French of Detroit, the name of the French of Canada 
and of France for the high honor you have done to the memory 
of Cadillac and the colors of the country of my birth, and I 
conclude with God's blessing on the glorious standard of your 
country, the stars and stripes of America.' " 

COLONEL ATKINSON REPLIES. 

" Colonel John Atkinson replied to Mr. Frazer's address. He 
spoke of the sensation which must have thrilled the hearts of the 
explorers when they saw the beauties of the country to which 
they had come. The French, he said, did not come here to get 
gold alone, but to establish civilizing agencies. ' Today English 



SOUVENIR OF CADILLAC DAY. 27 

and German, puritans and Catholicism unite in paying a loving 
tribute to the memory of the great French explorer.' 

■' Honorable Claude N. Riopelle was introduced by Mr. 
Moore as a lineal descendant from Cadillac. ' I consider it a 
great privilege to be present at this celebration,' he said, ' I am 
enjoying your company. The French have been instrumental 
in promoting civilization in this section of the world, and as a 
representative of the French citizens I welcome you and hope 
that our most pleasant relations will ever continue.' 

" William E. Thompson spoke forcefully upon the subject, 
' The new Regime.' 

" ' In view of the fact that today's celebration is under the 
auspices of the pioneer society, and precluded as I am by my 
years to engage in any reminiscences, I feel somewhat out of 
place.' He admired the step taken to awaken the spirit of pa- 
triotism by observing the birthday of the city, and felt sure that 
it would prove a stimulus to interest in local history. ' I feel 
that I am voicing the sentiments of the young men and women 
of Detroit when I say that the work which you have begun so 
auspiciously today will be carried forward with a zeal only 
equaled by the founders of this beautiful city.' 

" W. C. Maybury introduced Alderman Harmon, who repre- 
sented the mayor of Windsor. Mr. Harmon said that it had 
given himself and his colleagues much pleasure to participate in 
the celebration. ' Situated as we are, on the banks of the same 
river,' said he, ' our interests are identical. I hope that this will 
result in our establishing a similar society to your Pioneer and 
Historical body on the other side.' " 

TO MAKE IT A HOLIDAY. 

•' Mr. Maybury then offered the following resolution and 
called for a rising vote : 

" ' Resolved, As the sense of this meeting that the 24th day 
of July should be set apart and observed as a legal holiday in the 
city of Detroit, in commemoration of the founding of the city by 



28 SOUVENIR OF CADILLAC DAY. 

Antoine de La Mothe Cadillac in 1701, and that such legislation 
should be soaght and had at the earliest possible date making 
said 24th day of July a civic holiday.' 

" The resolution Avas unanimously adopted amid cheers. 

"Mr. Maybury announced that he was in possession of a com- 
munication from J. Logan Chipman, which he desired to read. 
It was as follows : 

'"Detroit, July 22, 1893. 

" ' Honorable William C. Maybury. 

" ' Dear Sir, — Yours inviting me to participate in the Cad- 
illac celebration on Monday next received. I think the commit- 
tee of which you are chairman and yourself for this kindly re- 
membrance. Born in French in its population and characteristics, 
it was my good fortune to know men whose lives began near the 
event you celebrate and whose fathers were participants in the 
great events which make Detroit the home alike of history and 
romance. I could, if my health would permit, say much of the 
brave, honorable, polite people, who at thatearl}^ date constituted 
the descendants of the hardy, sagacious men who founded ' New 
France ' on this continent. Perhaps it will not be invidious to 
say that the French society, which practically composed the 
Detroit of my boyhood, represented the most delightful period of 
the city's history. Their descendants, themselves honorable and 
honored, have every reason to regard their ancestors with pride 
and cannot celebrate too enthusiastically or revently the founder's 
anniversary, I am just gaining strength after a severe illness and 
cannot for that reason be present on Monday ; but my love of 
my native city, my pride in her glorious past and my reverence 
for the men who were the pioneers of her present prosperity, can 
hardly be expressed by words and are an undying source of 
gratitude to God for all the wonders of past achievements and 
present greatness. 

" ' Yours truly, 

" ' J. Logan Chipman.' 



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" Some one in the audience sent a note to the chairman re- 
questing a few remarks from Gabriel Bissonette, who was in tlie 
audience. Mr. Bissonette was accordingly called to the platform 
and loud cheers, ' It is an easy thing to walk up here,' said the 
old man, ' but it isn't easy to think of what I should like to say. 
If I could say what is in my heart I should be happy. I thank 
you very much." 

" Rev. F. A. Blades was introduced as * the man who had 
offered prayer at the last celebration of Cadillac Day, thirty-five 
years ago,' Mr. Blades said he first saw Detroit in 1837. Since 
that time he has seen the growth and rejoiced in the prosperity 
of the city. ' We had a celebration thirty-five years ago,' said he, 
' but it was not like the one today. We had no such hall, nor 
such music, nor such a parade, nor such pavements to walk on.' 
He thanked God that ' just above the lilies of France Cadillac 
planted the cross of Christ.' ' Today,' he said, ' I feel somewhat 
saddened as I look around me and see so few of the faces which 
were present at the celebration thirty-five years ago.' 

" The band played ' Auld Lang Syne,' the benediction was 
pronounced by Mr. Blades and the celebration of the founding of 
Detroit 192 years ago was at an end." 



[From the Detroit Free Press, July 35.] 

CADILLAC THE FOUNDER. — HOW HIS MEMORY WAS REVERED IN ' 
DETROIT YESTERDAY.— STREET PARADE AND EXERCISES AT 

THE AUDITORIUM. OLD RESIDENTS MAKE SOME GOOD 

SPEECHES. — A RESOLUTION TO MAKE CADILLAC 
DAY A LEGAL HOLIDAY. 

" Cadillac day was marred in the morning by the heavy 
clouds which gathered in the western sky and threatened an 
eclipse of the festivities in honor of the founding of Detroit and 
of its founder. Things took on a leaden hue, and the rain, which 
has been threatening since Friday night, commenced to come 



30 SOUVENIR OF CADILLAC DAY. 

down. But soon there came a break in the clouds, and the leaden 
heaviness gradually gave way to golden brightness, and the 
oldest inhabitant became joyful. 

" At 1 o'clock the members of the Wayne County Historical 
and Pioneer Society and the various committeemen began to 
assemble in the parlors of the Russell House. There were few of 
them not white-haired, and they pleasantly spent an hour in 
reminiscence and in renewing old acquaintance. Ex-Gov. Josiah 
W. Begole, who was an invited guest, made his appearance 
among them, shook hands with those he knew and was introduced 
to many more who had hitherto known him only by reputation. 
At 2:30 o'clock they descended to carriages which awaited them in 
front of the hotel and were driven to the Grand Circus Park,, 
there to await the formation of the parade. 

" The park was filled with men, women and children, and 
the streets were blockaded with carriages when at 3:15 p.m. Chief 
Marshal Beniteau gave the order to march. The line proceeded 
down Woodward avenue in this formation : 

"Mounted escort; Detroit Light Guard Veteran Corps; 
Fourth Regiment, M. S. T., Col. P. J. Sheahan, commanding, 
headed by the regiment band ; Detroit Catholic Grays ; St. Boni- 
face Cadets; Harris Cadets ; Cavalry Guards, headed by his fife 
and drum corps ; Metropolitan Band ; the local commanderies^ 
Knights of St. John, in the order of their charter numbers ; 
Great Western Band ; Societe Bienfaisance La Fayette ; Societes 
St. Jean Baptiste de Detroit et du Canada ; Historical and Pioneer 
Society of Wayne County, in carriages, headed b}' the Hon. J. 
Wilkie Moore and the Controller C. W. Moore in a carriage. 

" This was the line of march : Starting from Adams avenue, 
south on Woodward avenue to State street; west on State to 
Gxiswold; south on Griswold to Je£ferson avenue ; east on Jeffer- 
son to St. Antoine, counternaarching west on the north side of. 
Jefferson to Bates; north on Bates to Larned and east tcv 
Auditorium. 



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" Over the entire line of march were gathered crowds of 
people, and at places the streets were made almost impassable by 
the congestion of people and of wagons. At St, Antoine street 
the column turned and countermarched to Bates street, where 
the head of the line came to a halt, and the entire column of 
military lined up on the north side of the avenue. Then the 
two French societies, headed by the Great Western Band, marched 
down until they had reached a point between the head of the 
column and Bates street .Following them came the carriages, 
headed by the Cadillac of the occasion, the Hon. J. Wilkie Moore, 
and the controller of the city, C. W. Moore — no relation — who 
held in his good right hand a big brass key, which was supposed 
to symbolize the mythical keys of the city. In the carriages 
were the members of the society and the committeemen and the 
city officials of Windsor, who had been invited to take part 
because of the little fact that but for Cadillac and Detroit their 
own metropolis of Essex County would never have been born. 

" The turns was made at Bates street and at Larned street 
to the Auditorium, where the celebrators found things in read- 
iness for their coming. The stage was nicely decorated with the 
coats of arms of the United States, France and one or two other 
nations, while the flags of all nations were artistically scattered 
about, together wuth the arms of Michigan and a large picture of 
George Washington, 

" At 4:10 p, m., Henry Heames, chairman of the executive 
committee, introduced the Hon. J. Wilkie Moore, president of 
the Wayne County Historical and Pioneer Society, and the 
representative of Cadillac. Mr. Moore was received wdth applause 
by the large audience. He was in good voice and made a neat 
speech of introduction, Avhich was well received, 

" The invocation was delivered by the Rev. Fr, Peter Grand, 
pastor of St, Anne's Church, the audience standing. This was 
followed by ' America ' by the Great Western Band stationed im. 
the northeast gallery. 



32 SOUVENIR OF CADILLAC DAY. 

" Letters of regret were read by Secretary Carlisle of the 
society, from the French ambassador, French consul, Secretary 
of State Gresham, M. Schumaker, president of the Michigan 
Pioneer and Historical Society ; ex-Governor Cyrus G. Luce, 
Judge Albert Miller, of Bay City, the first president of the State 
Pioneer Society ; Gov. Rich. P. T. Van Zile, Col. Snyder, of Fort 
Wayne. 

" C. W. Moore, controller of the city, appeared in the place 
of Mayor Pingree, for whose indisposition he apologized. He 
made a short speech and ended it by handing the key of the city 
to Cadillac's representative. 

The audience greeted ex-Gov. Begole with prolonged cheers. 
The speaker said that when he arrived in the city this morning 
he little expected that he would be called on to address those 
who would assemble in the Auditorium in the afternoon. He 
expected to meet the Governor of the state and a great many ex- 
-Governors, none of whom, however, had materialized. He said 
he was glad to be here, and would not have missed the meeting 
for a great deal. In an interesting manner he described how he 
came to Detroit fifty-seven years ago, and contrasted the appear- 
ance of the place with its aspect today, congratulating the 
citizens of the city upon the marked improvements of the past 
and the promises for the future. He, furthermore, congratulated 
the citizens upon living on the banks of a river which does not 
■overflow its banks and play havoc with property, after the man- 
ner of many western streams. They could also be congratulated 
because their state was not subject to cyclones. Here, in fact, 
nature is seen in her most beneficent mood, and all should return 
thanks for the blessings showered upon them. In closing he 
alluded to the time when people here carried water to their 
houses from the river in pails. 

" Then ensued ' The Star Spangled Banner ' by the band, 
after which Judge Robert E. Frazer was introduced as the speaker 
in English to the sentiment, ' Cadillac, the Founder.' 



SOUVENIR OF CADILLAC DAY 33 

" Robert E. Frazer's address was eloquent and forcible. He 
stated that it was only proper that at this late day fitting tribute 
should be paid to the memory of the man who had so many 
sterling qualities ; who Mas a model type of the early settler, 
possessing the characteristics that were needed by those who 
penetrated the wilderness to found settlements. Yesterday's cere- 
monies, the speaker thought, were but right, in as much as they 
show that the residents here appreciate the wisdom that prompted 
Cadillac to choose such a beautiful site. In an admirable manner 
the speaker referred to the intrepid spirit of Cadillac and paid 
tribute to his wise policy in making friends with the Indians, 
insuring for himself their confidence and esteem. Civilization 
was crude, indeed, in the days of our forefathers, but then there 
existed a great feeling of friendship among all the settlers. Men 
had strong arms, good stomachs and hearts of oak. Mr. Frazer's 
address was warmly applauded and was worthy of the occasion, 

" He was followed by the Rev. Fr. Joseph Meinard, who 
spoke in the French tongue to the same subject. ' In order to 
properly respond tor Cadillac, the founder," he said, "I should 
have been the good Recollet father, Brother Constantin, the 
intimate friend, companion and spiritual guide of the brave and 
intrepid explorer. I would then have heard the aspirations of 
his noble ambition, appreciated his loyal nature, admired his 
genius and smiled at his Gascon sallies. From the materials I 
could have composed an eulogium. 

'' ' Unhappily, I came 1U2 years too late, and I can only 
praise Cadillac from the works he left behind him. But his work! 
It is Detroit ! A work, a masterpiece sufficient to place on his 
memory the crown of immortality. 

" ' When fortune's breezes, directed by the angel of God, 
wafted me to this shore, my mind's eye Avas yet filled with the 
marvels of Paris, associated with the splendors of the orient, and 
I believed there was nothing more to tax my admiration. But 
when I came to see your beautiful city, her grand avenues lined 
with beautiful homes, her beautiful and sparkling strait, and her 



34 SOUVENIR OF CADILLAC DAY. 

unique park on an isle of emerald green, I could no longer 
restrain my enthusiastic admiration. I felt proud for the French, 
for a Frenchman, our Cadillac, whose keen military foresight 
took in the great future possibilities of this site; at the same time 
his artistic eye quickly absorbed the natural beauties of its sur- 
roundings. 

" ' Gentlemen of the committee, on behalf of Cadillac, who 
found and left you this bright corner of the world, I thank you. 
I thank you for honoring the tricolor of France, whose standards 
are so prominent in the beautiful decorations in this vast hall. 
I thank you for calling on a Frenchman to address 
you in his own tongue, even one of the same faith as the brave 
missionar}'^ who accompanied the great Cadillac. I thank you in 
the name of the French of Detroit, in the name of the French of 
Canada and of France for the high honor you have done to the 
memory of Cadillac and the colors of the country of my birth, 
(and I feel assured that my ecclesiastical chief, Rt. Rev. Bishop 
Foley, himself as great a patriot as he is a bishop, will not accuse 
me of idolatry in doing so), and I conclude with God's blessing 
on the glorious standard of our country and I bow profoundly 
before the Stars and Stripes of America.' 

" The ' Marseillaise ' by the band followed, and then Col. 
John Atkinson and Claude N. Riopelle spoke to ' The Early 
French Regime,' and in response William E. Thompson spoke to 
'The New Regime.' All of these speeches were short and all were 
well received. Aid. Harmon, of Windsor, represented the Mayor 
of that city in a few words of congratulation. 

" During the interval between these speeches, Mrs. Emily 
Loomis, aged 85 years, who has been a resident of Detroit for 
seventy years, was introduced to the assembled multitude, all of 
whom arose to do her honor. Then Gabriel W. Bissonnette, of 
Monroe, who was a living being in this city in 1816, was intro- 
duced to say a word or two. Of course he received an ovation. 

" Mr. Bissonnette was born in Monroe County in 1810. 
During the war of 1812, his father, Joseph Bissonnette, then 



SOUVENIR OF CADILLAC DAY. 35 

residing on the river Raisin, to protect the lives of his family 
from the tomahawks of the Indians, sent them to Detroit. While 
in Detroit the news of the treat}' of peace and the ending of the 
war was received and immediate'y preparations W3re made to 
celebrate the event by a grand street parade and jubilee. Along 
the whole line of Jefferson avenue platforms were erected for the 
accommodation of the people. Mr. Bis-^onnette well remembers 
his mother pointing out to him distinctive features of the proces- 
sion, and he also remembers seeing the English war vessel 
anchored in the Detroit river. Mr. Bissonnette's father and 
grandfather settled in Detroit in 1775. 

"This resolution was offered by the chairman, and was 
unanimously passed : 

" Resolved, As the sense of this meeting, that the 24th day 
of July should be set apart and observed as a legal holiday in the 
City of Detroit, in commemoration of the founding of the city by 
Antoine de La Mothe Cadillac in 1701, and that such legislation 
be sought and had at the earliest possible date, making said 24th 
of July a civic holiday. 

" Congressman Chipman was detained at home by illness, 
but he was represented by a letter full of glowing sentiments, 
which was received by the usual applause. 

" ' Auld Lang Syne,' by the band, was the closing musical 
piece, and the ceremonies came to a vXose Avhen the Rev. F. A. 
Blades who had delivered the benediction at the last celebration 
of the day, thirty-five years ago, spoke a few words of reminis- 
cence and then said again the closing prayer." 



The following representatives of foreign governments were 
present : 

France. — Hon Joseph Belanger, consular agent. 
Belgium.— U on. T. Frangois, consul. 
Columbia. — Hon. Herman Freund, consul. 
Denmark. — Hon. Peter Sorensen, consul. 
Venezuela. — Hon. C. H. Bressler, consul. 



36 SOUVENIR OF CADILLAC DAY. 

The following is the invocation, the addresses and benedic- 
tions pronounced and delivered at the Auditorium on the 
occasion of the observance of Cadillac Day, July 24, 1893. Save 
the introductor}" by the President J. Wilkie ^[oore and by the 
representative of the Mayor, C. W. Moore, both of which are to 
be found in the press reports. 

INVOCATION BY THE REV. PETER GRAND. 

We pray thee O Almighty and Eternal God, who through Jesus Christ 
has revealed thy glory to all nations, to preserve the works of thy viercy. 

We pray thee O God of Might, Wisdom and Justice ! through whom 
authority is rightly administered, laws are enacted and judgment decreed 
assist with thy holy spirit of counsel and fortitude, the President of the 
United States ; that his administration may be conducted in righteousness 
and be eminently useful to thy people over whom he presides, by encou - 
raging due respect for virtue and religion, by a faithful execution of the 
laws in justice and mercy, and by restraining vice and immorality. Let 
the light of thy divine Wisdom direct the deliberations of Congress and 
shine forth in all the proceedings and laws framed for our rule and govern- 
ment. So that they may tend to the preservation of peace, the promotion 
of national happiness, the increase of industry, sobriety and useful 
knowledge, and may perpetuate to us the blessings of equal liberty. 

We pray for His Excellency the Governor of this State, for members 
of Assembly, for all judges, magistrates and other officers who are appointed 
to guard our political welfare, that they may be enabled by thy powerful 
protection to discharge the duties of their respective stations with honesty 
and ability. 

We recommend likewise to thy unbounded mercy, all our brethren and 
fellow citizens throughout the United States that they may be blessed in 
the knowledge and sanctified in the observance of thy most holy law ; that 
they may be preserved in union and in that peace which the world cannot 
give, and after enjoying the blessings of this life, be admitted to those 
which are Eternal. Amen. 



SOUVENIR OF CADILLAC DAY. 37 



LETTERS OF REGRET AND CONGRATULATION RECEIVED ARE READ 
BY SECRETARY CARLISLE. 

Detroit, Mich., le 24 juillet 1893. 

President Carnot, Paris, France. 

Via Agence consulaire de France. 

L'Etat du Michigan s'unissant h Detroit celebre aujourd'hui la fonda- 
tion de sa metropole par Antoine de "La Mothe Cadillac en 1701, Avec 
sentiments de respect et d'amities nous envoyons nos hommages k la 
France, le lieu de naissance de son noble fondateur et h son President en 
m^moire de I'evenement. 

John T. Rich, 

Gotiverneur, Michigan. 
Hazen S. Pingree, 

Maire, Detroit. 

J. WlLKIE MoORE, 

President, Fete Cadillac. 
Fred. Carlisle, 

Secretaire General, Fete Cadillac, 

[Translation.] 

Detroit. July 24, 1893. 
Via Agence consulaire de France. 

President Carnot, Paris, France. 

Today Michigan unites with Detroit in celebrating the foundation of 
its Metropolitan City by Antoine de La Mothe Cadillac in 1701. With sen- 
timents of respect and friendship we send greetings to France, the birth 
place of its noble founder, and offer congratulations to her Chief Executive 
in commemoration of the event. 

John T. Rich, 

Governor of Michigan. 
Hazen S. Pingree, 

Mayor of Detroit. 
J. WiLKiE Moore, 

President of Cadillac Day. 
Fred. Carlisle, 

General Secretary. 



38 SOUVENIR OF CADILLAC DAY. 

Was responded to as follows : 

Washington, D. C, July 26, 1893. 

To the Mayor of Detroit, Michigan. 

The President of the French Republic highly appreciated the assur- 
ances of sympathy which have been sent to him upon the occasion of the 
commemorative ceremonies of the foundation of Detroit and request me to 
transmit to you his thankful acknowledgments and the expression of his 

best wishes. 

Patenotre, 

French Ambassador. 



RESPONSE BY THE DEPARTMENT OP STATE, WASHINGTON, TO THE INVITATION 
TO FRENCH AMBASSADOR. 

Washington, D. C, July 20, 1893. 

Mr. Fred. Carlisle, Detroit, Michigan. 

Dear Sir,— I am directed by the Secretary to acknowledge receipt of 
your favor of July 15th, with enclosure, and inform you that the same has 
been transmitted to the French Ambassador at this capitol. 
Very truly yours, 

K. M. Landis, 

Private Secretary. 



RESPONSE OP PRENCH AMBASSADOR TO LETTER OP INVITATION. 

Washington, D. C, July 24, 1893. 

To Fred. Carlisle, 146 Charlotte avenue. 

Grateful for kind invitation which I regret to be unable to accept 
being detained at Washington, best wishes for the success of your celebra- 
tion. 

Patenotre, 

French Ambassador. 



response op the consul general op prance to letter op invitation. 

Consulat de France, 
Chicago, 56 Fifth Avenue, le 22 juillet, 1893. 

Monsieur le Secretaire, — Par une lettre du 18 juillet qui m'est par- 
venue hier, vous avez bien voulu me faire I'honneur de m'inviter k prendre 



SOUVENIR OF CADILLAC DAY. 39 

part aux fetes qui auront lieu, le 24 de ce mois, k Detroit, pour c^lebrer 
I'anniversaire de la fondation de la ville, en 1701, par Cadillac. 

Aucune ceremouie ne pouvait etre plus interessante pour moi, puie- 
qu'elle a pour objet et pour effet de reconnaitre la part glorieuse que la 
France a prise a la fondation de votre grande et magnifique cite. Aussi 
est-ce un de mes bien vifs regrets que mes devoirs me retiennent en ce 
moment a I'Exposition Colombienne aupres des nombreux compatriotes 
qui ont tenu a repondre a I'invitation des Etats-Unis et h donner une nou- 
velle preuve des liens etroits qui nous rattachent a votre illustre pays. 

Neanmoms, je ne veux pas manquer cette occasion de feliciter et de 
remercier la Societe Historique du Comte de Wayne et les autres societes 
savantes du Michigan de I'initiative que vous avez prise et qui vous fait le 
plus grand honneur. J'espere, une autre annee, etre plus heureux et pou- 
voir assister a une de ces celebrations qui meritent et dont je souhaite 
cordialement le succes. 

Agreez, monsieur le Secretaire, I'assurance de ma haute consideration, 

Edmond Bruwaert, 

Consul General de France. 
Monsieur Fred. Carlisle, 

Secretary Wayne County Historical Society, 
146 Charlotte Avenue, Detroit, Mich. 

[Translation.] 

Consulate of France, 
Chicago, 56 Fifth Avenue, July 22, 1893. 

Mr Secretary,— By your letter of 18th July, received yesterday, you 
honored me with an invitation to participate in the ceremonies, which will 
take place on the 24th instant, at Detroit, to celebrate the anniversary of 
the founding of the City by Cadillac, in 1701. 

No ceremony could be more interesting to me, since it has for its object 
the recognition of the glorious part France has taken in the founding of 
your grand and magniticent City. Hence it is one of my sincere regrets 
that my duties should compel me at this time, to remain at the Colombian 
Exposition, in the midst of my countrymen, who have come in response to 
the invitation tendered by the United States, thus giving a new proof of 
the close bonds connecting us with your illustrious nation. 

Nevertheless, I cannot let this occasion pass, without offering my con- 
gratulations and thanks to the Historical Society of the County of Wayne 
and other Literary Societies of Michigan for the initiative they have taken 
and which does you the greatest honor. Another year, I hope to have the 



40 SOUVENIR OF CADILLAC DAY. 

pleasure of participating in one of these celebrations which are most worthy 
of success. 

Accept, Mr. Secretary, the assurance of my highest consideration, 

Edmond Bruwaert, 

Consul General of France. 
Fred. Carlisle, Esq., 

Secretary Wayne County Historical Society, 
146 Charlotte Avenue, Detroit, Mich. 



Mayor's Office, 

Windsor, July 24th, 1893. 
Fred. Carlisle, Esq., 

Secretary, etc., Detroit, Mich. 

Dear Sir, — I want to thank you and your Committees for your 
kindness in inviting our City Council and Officials to take part with you in 
celebrating " Cadillac Day." 

I regret that it will be impossible for me to be present, as I go out of 
town this morning . 

Wishing your Society every prosperity and success, 

I am yours faithfully, 

O. E. Fleming, 

Mayor. 



Town Clerk's Office, 

Chatham, Ont., 25th July, 1893. 
I am instructed by the Mayor and Council of this municipality to 
acknowledge the invitation of the Wayne County Historical and Pioneer 
Society, to be present at Detroit, on the 24th July, to take part in the cele- 
bration ceremonies, and to express their regret at not being able to attend 
the same. 

Hoping that your celebration was a success in every respect, 
I have the honor to remain respectfully, 

James C. Weir, 

Acting Toum Clerk. 
To Fred. Carlisle, Esq., 

Sec'y and Treasurer Wayne Co. H. and P. Society, 
Detroit, Mich. 



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Executive Office, 

Lansing, Mich., July 27, 1893. 
Henry Heames, Esq., Detroit, Mich. 

Dear Sir, — Your kind invitation to be present on Cadillac Day owing 
to absence from the office was not received until today. I should have been 
pleased to have been with you, and am very much obliged for the kind, 
invitation extended. 

Sincerely yours, 

John T. Rich. 



FROM EX-GOVERNOR I^UCE. 



CoLDWATER, MicH., July 33, 1893. 
Hon. Fred. Carlisle. 

My Dear Sir, — Your kind invitation to attend the anniversary meeting 
of the founding of Detroit received and highly appreciated, to visit the 
commercial metropolis of our great state upon such an occasion and let the 
mind go centuries back for 192 years over the events that have changed 
not only the face of nature but humanity itself, would and must be 
interesting indeed, but circumstances will deny to me the pleasure. 

Thanking you for the invitation. 

I remain very respectfully yours, 

C. G. Luce. 



Flint, Mich., June 30, 1883. 
Fred. Carlisle, 

Secretary of the Wayne County Historical and Pioneer Society. 

My Dear Sir,— I am pleased to be in receipt of your kind invitation- 
to be present on the 24th of July at the Auditorium, in Detroit, to attend^ 
a meeting of the old settlers of Detroit, I would not miss it for any consi- 
deration. Among the ex-Governors, I come next to Governor Felch in age.. 
I am quite well, but not as strong as I once was. 

I have the honor to be truly yours, 

JosiAH W. Begole. 



42 SOUVENIR OF CADILLAC DAY. 

Headquarters Fourth Infantry, 
Michigan State Troops, 

Detroit, Mich., July 19th, 1893. 
Mr. Henry Heames, 

Chairman Executive Committee. 

Sir, — I am directed by Col. Sheahan to acknowledge the receipt of 
invitation to participate in parade " Cadillac Day " and to say the 4th 
Infantry will be there. 

There was no mention of band does the Committee on Parade attend 
to that ? 

I am, sir, very respectfully. 

Your obedient servant, 

Chas S. BAxrEB, 
1st Lt. and Adjf. 4th Infantry, 

181 Jefferson Avenue, 



Fort Wayne, 

Detroit, Mich., July 21, 1893. 
Mr. Fred. Carlisle, 

Secretary, Wayne County Historical and Pioneer Society, 
No. 146 Charlotte Avenue, Detroit, Michigan. 

Sir,— In reply to your communication of the 14th instant, received 
yesterday, I regret to have to inform you that it will be impracticable for 
my command to take part in the Cadillac Celebration of July 24, 1893. 
I am, sir, very respectfully. 

Your obedient servant, 

Simon Snyder, 
Colonel 19th Infantry, Commanding Post. 



Michigan Military Academy, 

Office op Superintendent, 

Orchard Lake, Mich , July 22, 1893. 
Mr. Fred. Carlisle, 

Detroit, Michigan, 

Dear Sir, — Please accept my thanks for your invitation to be present 
at your celebration on the 24th instant. If I am in Michigan, I shall cer- 
'tainly avail myself of the same. 

Very truly yours, 

J. Sumner Rogers. 



SOUVENIR OF CADILLAC DAY. 43 

Office op the Collector of Customs, 

Port op Detroit, Mich., July 19th, 1893. 
Hon. Henry Heames, 

Chairman, Wayne County Historical and Pioneer Society, 

146 Charlotte Avenue, Detroit, Mich. 
Dear Sir, — I am today in receipt of your communication of yesterday, 
requesting that the United States Revenue steamer Fessenden be authorized 
by the Secretary of the Treasury to take part in the ceremonies on the 
occasion of the celebration of the anniversary of the founding of Detroit, 
July 24th, 1701. It affords me pleasure to say that I have forwarded your 
letter to the Honorable Secretary of the Treasury, with a request that 
should the Fessenden be here at that time, she be directed to take part in 
the ceremonies, as indicated. She is now on a cruise in Lake Superior. 

Respectfully yours, 

Geo. H. Hopkins, 

Collector. 



Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society, 

Lansing, Mich., July 25, 1893. 
Fred. Carlisle, Secretary, 
Detroit, Mich. 

Dear Sir,— Your invitation to the Cadillac Celebration came duly to 
hand and I should have been greatly pleased to have attended, but could 
not do so. You surely must have had an interesting time, as the occasion 
was one of great interest. I shall be pleased to get a copy of the proceedings 
if you publish them, or a copy of the paper that gives the best account of it. 

Yours very truly, 

Geo. H. Greene, 

Secretary. 



Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society, 

Jackson, Mich., July 21st, 1893. 
Fred. Carlisle, Esq., Secretary, 
Detroit, Mich. 
My Dear Sir,— I am in receipt of your kind invitation to attend on 
the 24th iiist., at Detroit, the celebration of the founding of that city by 
de La Mothe Cadillac, on the 24th of July, 1701, 

I regret to state that I cannot accept and be present, as my health is 
such that I cannot leave home. 



44 SOUVENIR OF CADILLAC DAY. 

I hope the celebration by the Wayne County Historical and Pioneer 
Society will be worthy of the occasion, of the man and of the great and 
beautiful City of which all the citizens of Michigan are so justly proud. 

Yours very truly, 

M. Shoemaker. 



Bay City, Mich., July 20th, 1893. 
Fred. Carlisle, Esq. 

My Dear Sir, — It would give great pleasure to attend the Cadillac 
celebration on the 2J:th inst., but the great difficulty I experience in moving 
in a crowd on account of my infirmities will prevent my participating in 
the festivities of the occasion. Thanking you for your kind invitation. 

I am yours truly, 

Albert Miller. 

As we go to press, the death of Albert Miller is announced 
as follows : 

Bay City, Mich., September 19, 1893. 

Albert Miller died at 1:30 this morning. He was a pioneer resident of 
the Saginaw Valley, coming here in 1837. About two months ago he suf- 
fered a stroke of paralysis, from which he never rallied. He was 83 years 
old, and was well-known throughout Michigan, being a member, and at 
one time president of the State Pioneer Society. He was chairman of the 
State Executive Committee. 



Grand Rapids, Mich, July 2i, 1893. 
Fred. Carlisle, Esq., 

Secretary Wayne County Historical and Pioneer Society. 

My Dear Sir, — Your favor of date 18th inst. and mailed 22nd inst., 
came to hand at 11 a. m. today, just about four hours to late for me to take 
a train that would land me in Detroit in time to participate in your cele- 
bration of the anniversary of the founding of your magnificent city. A city 
I have known something about, since March, 1825. Had your invitation 
reached me in time, I should have made an effort to have been present, to 
share in the pleasures of the celebration and possibly might have added a 
trifle to the pleausures of yourself and others. My health is somewhat im- 
proved since our meeting at Lansing in June, and I am hopeful of complete 
restoration sometime. Tf I am fully restored and my life is spared, it 



SOUVENIR OF CADILLAC DAY. 45 

would afford me great pleasure to attend your next annual meeting, and if 
desired, contribute some sort of an essay, or paper, for the entertainment 
of your pioneer society. I would like to be remembered to J. V/ilkie 
Moore, and with kind regards to yourself, I remain 

Yours very truly, 

R. C. Crawpobd. 



Michigan State Horticultural Society, 

Manchester, Mich., August 3td, 1893. 
Fred. Carlisle, Esq. 

My Dear Sir, — Thanks for your kind remembrance. I should have 
been glad to have met with you at Detroit, but was in Chicago when the 
notice of meeting was published. Thanks for the badge and believe me. 

Very sincerely yours, 

L. D. Watkins. 



PROM GENERAL JOHN G. PARKHURST. 

Cold WATER, July 24, 1893. 
Fred. Carlisle, Secretary, etc. 

Dear Sir, — I am just (10 o'clock a.m.) in receipt of your very kind 
invitation to participate in celebrating the anniversary of the founding of 
Detroit by the brave and honest Cadillac. Of course I cannot be with you, 
and can surely say that I am glad your society and the citizens of Detroit 
are bringing to the minds of the young the early history of our metropolis 
and of its founder. I have no doubt the celebration will be a success. 

Respectfully yours, 

J. G. Parkhurst. 



Hastings National Bank, 

Hastings, Mich., July 29th, 1893. 
Fred. Carlisle, Secretary, 
Detroit, Mich. 

My Dear Sir,— Upon my return home I find your very kind invitation 
to attend the anniversary of the founding of Detroit, July 24th. My absence 



46 SOUVENIR OF CADILLAC DAY. 

is my excuse for so late response. It was a very proper thing to do and by 
the published account it must have been a decided success. 

Thanks for the invitation and congratulations upon the auspicious 

event. 

Truly yours, 

Daniel, Striker. 



FROM COLONEL, C. V. R. POND, REP. NATIONAL G. A. R. 

CoLDWATER, MicH., July 22, 1893. 
Fred. Carusle, Secretary, 
Detroit, Mich. 

My Dear Friend, — Please accept my thanks for your kind remem- 
brance in sending to me a badge for " Cadillac Day." 

It would be a great pleasure were it possible for me to be with you on 
the occasion of the celebration of the founding of Detroit. 

That success will crown the efforts of yourself and co-laborers. I feel 
is already assured. 

Sincerely yours. 

C. V. R. Pond. 



Jackson, Mich., July 24, 1893. 

To Wayne County Historical and Pioneer Society, 
Fred. Carlisle, Secretary, Detroit, Mich. 

Dear Sir, — I very much regret not being able to be present at your 
one hundred and ninety-second anniversary of the founding of Detroit by 
Cadillac (your invitation just reached me). 

It is eminently proper that our historical land-marks be kept well 
polished, and I would be glad to assist you today in the brightening, which 
event is itself historical. 

The men who j^reserve as well as those who make history shall live, 
'• for their works do follow them." 

For centuries, and may be millenniums, these banks and lakes have 
been traversed by one race of people and another until today you catch up 
the story left by those long gone, at that point were the Indian village 
" Tjeughsaghrondi9 " or Teuchsa Grondie," with the Fort Lernoult or De 
Tret, on the banks of the " Xavier " and running down to the Detroit river, 
merged by the enterprise and foresight of Cadillac into the City of Detroit, 
then in embryo, but now grown and spread to a great and powerful city 



SOUVENIR OF CADILLAC DAY. 47" 

with a population of a quarter of a million ; a city reaching out with its 
supplies and demands and exchanging commodities with every nation on 
earth. 

The roll call of those who have made our civilization is a grand one,, 
and there should be no lull in the enterprise, energy and care of us, their 
beneficiaries, in preserving sacredly the honor and prosperity of the nation 
which builds such cities. 

Long live the memory of Cadillac ! 

Long remain and prosper Detroit ! 

Long wave our flag, " or the land of the free and the home of the 
brave." of which Michigan is part. 

With thanks for the invitation to the one hundred and ninety-second. 
Cadillac Celebration and the accompanying badge, 
I am very respectfully yours, 

JosiAH B. Frost. 



July 32nd, 1893. 
Mr. Fred. Cari..isle, 

Secretary, Committee on Invitation, 

Anniversary of the founding of Detroit. 

My Dear Sir, — I have received your kind letter inviting both myself 
and Congregation Beth El to the celebration on the 2J:th inst., and have 
announced the same to these who were present at the service this morning. . 
I hope that the celebration will have as felicitous a festivity as the 
occasion is auspicious and amply deserves the heartiest interest. 

Very cordially yours, 

L. Grossmann. 



translation op the letter op HON. DON C. HENDERSON, EDITION OP 
THIS PAPER " THE ALLEGAN JOURNAL." 

Allegan, Mich., July 25, 1893. 
Hon. Fred. Carlisle, Historian. 

Dear Friend, — I was pleased to hear from you and to get that Cadil- 
lac badge. I am also gratified to know that the noble La Mothe Cadillac, 
the soldier as well as the civilian, the man who first established civil law 
and the first school free to the children of the white, as well as to those of 
the red and black man, in the then great northwest wilderness, is about to • 



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SOUVENIR OF CADILLAC DAY. 



receive that recognition, which his great efforts to christianize and civilize 
the original habitants, not only Detroit, but those this side and beyond the 
Rockies. Convey my thanks to all and sincere regrets that I am unable to 
participate in the ceremonies of the day. 

Yours sincerely, 

Don C. Henderson. 



Detroit, Mich., July 21, 1893. 
Fred. Carlisle, 

Secretary, Committee on Invitation, 
146 Charlotte Avenue. 

My Dear Sir, — Will you kindly bear to the Committee on Invitation 
for celebration of Cadillac Day achnowledgment of an invitation to our 
Damuscus Commandery, this day received through our captain General 
Ellis, and also our regrets at not being able to accept. 

The time is so short that we would be unable to obtain dispensation 
and get the commandery out. 

Please accept thanks of myself and commandery for your kind invita- 
tion. 

Very truly, 

Philip T. Van Zile. 
Eminent Com. Damuscus K. T. 



GRAYSON light GUARD REPRESENTED AT THE MEETING BY WM. R. CANDLER, 

JULY 24, 1893. 

Cax>tain: 
John B. Grayson. 



Officers : 



A. K. Howard, Ist Lieut. 
W. D. Wilkins, 2nd Lieut. 
John D. Fairbanks, 3rd Lieut. 
John Robertson, Orderly Sargent. 
J. W. Sutton, 2nd Sargent. 
Geo. Davie, 3rd Sargent. 
H. R. Misner, 4th Sargent. 



Geo. P. Conklin, Color Sargent. 
John D. Palmer, 1st Corporal. 
J. C. Ladue, 2nd Corporal. 
S. J. Mathew, 3rd Corporal. 
D. W. Bullock, 4th Corporal. 
J. W. Sutton, Armorer. 
C. R. Wilder, Secretary. 



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Privates : 



1. 1. Armstrong, 

C. T. Berkey, 
R. W. Baird, 
Wm. Bond, 

D. C. Burlingame, 
A. G. Bissell, 

M. W, Campin, 
Wm. R. Candler, 
A. J. Conner, 
A. H. Crosby, 
John Coats, 
J. L. Chipman, 
John Cook, 
Wm. Cowan, 
Geo. Doty, 
W. C. Duncan, 
C. L. Dibble, 
J. E. Eagle, 
L. C. Forsyth, 



W. H. Hopper, 
M. P. Hutchins, 
E. R. Kearsley, 
J. T. Ladue, 
J. L. Langley, 
J. E. Martin, 
T. McCarthy, 
Chas. Mellon, 
P. Ord, 
J. E. Pittman, 
S. P. Purdy, 
H. S. Roberts, 
Jas. Satchel, 
Richard Htarkey^ 
Robt. Stockdale, 
L. S. Tiffany, 
J. P. Williams, 
J. B. Witherell. 



The only living members are J. Logan Chipman, General James E 
Pittman, Geo. Doty, Wm. C. Duncan and representative Wm. R. Candler. 
Since writing above J. Logan Chipman died August 3, 1893. 



The State Council, of Michigan, 
Junior Order United American Mechanics, 

Detroit, Mich., August 1st, 1893. 
Mr. Fred. Carlisle, 

Secretary of "Wayne County Historical and Pioneer Society," 
Detroit. Mich. 

Dear Sir,— The invitation issued by the Wayne County Historical 
and Pioneer Society, through you as Secretary, to the Junior Order United 
American Mechanics of this State was received. But because of the cele- 
bration attendant upon the holding of the session of the national body in 
this City, short time before, and owing to the absence of the State officers 



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at the time of receiving the invitation, it was thought to be too late to 
take any action towards celebrating with you on July 24:th. 

Thanking you in behalf of the Order for your very kind invitation. 
Yours very respectfully, 

Wells D. Butterpield, 

S. C Secretary. 



Detroit, June 25, 1893. 

My Dear Sir, — Your very kind and complimentary letter of invitation 
to participate in your programme of commemoration and to address the 
audience upon the historic sentiment Cadillac as the founder of Detroit, 
duly received. Thanks for the honor, and I can only regret that absence 
from the city on that day, will present my complying with your request. 
Permit me to say that I congratulate you in the happy thought of such an 
event. What the American Republic most needs to day? is the proper 
recognition of its true men of merit. The historic incidents of the settle- 
ment of the great northwest by the pioneers of civilization should be 
remembered and cherished by every true lover of progress and patriotism. 
Cadillac was in all respects worthy of a bright niche in the temple of fame 
and I know of no other method of perpetuating his memory so efficiently 
as that suggested by your society. Fully appreciating the merits of your 
most laudable purpose and ambition. I saw Judge Frazer this a. m. and 
he has kindly consented to take my place on the occasion. Wishing you 
every success and again thanking you for the compliment. 
I have the honor to remain, 

Yours truly, 

T. H. H. Russell. 
Fred. Carlisle, Esq., 

Secretary Wayne County Historical and Pioneer Society. 



REV. JOS. MEIXARD ADDRESS. 

Pour cel^brer la memoire de tres haut et tres illustre seigneur, messire 
Antoine de La Mothe Cadillac, je voudrais avoir ete le bon Pere Recollet 
qui fut le compagnon, I'ami et le guide spirituel du hardi colonisateur. 

J'aurais alors entendu les reves de sa noble ambition, apprecie la 
loyaute de sa nature, admire les conceptions de son genie, recueilli meme 
ses saillies gasconnes : de ces materiaux il eut ete facile de composer un 
^loge. 



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Par malheur je suis arrive 193 ans trop tard, et je ne saurais louer 
Cadillac que d'apres son oeuvre. Mais son oeuvre c'est le Detroit ; son 
oeuvre est un chef-d'oeuvre qui suffit pour donner a un homme la couronne 
d'immortalite. 

Quand le vent de la fortune, dirig^ par !es anges de Dieu, me poussa 
sur ces rivages, j'avais Foeil encore plein des merveilles de Paris associees 
aux splendeurs de I'Orient, et je croyais que desormais je ne pourrais plus 
rien admirer. 

Et pourtant quant je vis votre belle cite, ses larges avenues, ses resi- 
dences gracieuses, sa riviere aux flots etincelants, son ile surtout, splendide 
emeraude enchassee dans une bague de tin cristal, je ne pus retenir un cri 
d'admiration enthousiaste et prolonge, et je me sentis fier d'etre Frangais, 
puisqu'un Frangais, notre Cadillac, avait, de son coup d'officier et d'explo- 
rateur, saisi les avantages militaires et commerciaux de cette position, et 
en meme temps, avec ea nature d'artiste, avait compris la beaute du site et 
devine les charmes qu'aurait une ville assise en pareil lieu. 

Vous, messieurs les membres du comite, par reconnaissance pour 
Cadillac qui vous a legue ce beau coin du monde, vous avez voulu que son 
nom fut donne a la fete civique du Detroit, que le drapeau de sa nation fut 
particulierement honore en cette circonstance, que sa langue fut parlee par 
un des orateur du jour ; vous avez meme voulu que cet orateur fut un 
pretre, un religieux comme le Frere Constantin, I'intime ami de Cadillac. 

Au nom des Frangais du Detroit, des Frangais du Canada et des 
Frangais de France, je vous remercie, messieurs, de ces aimables attentions, 
et comme une politesse en appelle une autre, tout en saluant avec emotion 
les couleurs de ma patrie arborees dans cette enceinte, deployeessur toutes 
ces poitrines, je m'incline profondement (mon chef ecclesiastique, Mgr. 
Foley, aussi grand patriote que grand eveque, ne me taxera pas d'idolatrie 
pour cela) je m'incline profondement devant votre etendard, le glorieux 
etendard des Etats-Unis. 



ADDRESS OF JUDGE ROBT. E. FRAZER. 

It is meet and proper that we should assemble here today to celebrate 
the birthday of your beautiful city, and to do honor to him who was its 
founder. When this country was an unbroken wilderness, and the sturdy 
pioneers were exploring it, the advantages possessed by the place where the 
city is located were thoroughly appreciated, and a trading post was 
established here by Cadillac. He sought to found a city, and to populate it 
with those who would build up homes and till the land and develope the 



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resources of the country. His main idea was to make friends with the 
Indians, instruct them in the ways of civilization, and make them co- 
workers with his own people, so that the government he represented would 
have a permanent foothold here. He found that the Indians were raising 
corn and other crops, and that by proper treatment the}' might be induced 
to extend their operations in this direction. But his ideas did not prevail, 
and Detroit remained for many years a mere trading post, and the only 
benefit the French government received was what furs were secured from 
the surrounding country. 

The English people also early perceived the importance of Detroit as a 
point of settlement, as it was at the narrowest point on the river, which 
was the great highway of trade with the Indians of the northwest, as all 
communciation in those days had to be by water. And it was to the fore- 
sight and energy of Cadillac that this point was secured to the French. 

When we come to look back and imagine what this country was before 
the white man took possession of it, and think of this beautiful river, 
teeming with fish of the most useful kind to man, of the fertile land on 
either side of it, of the valuable animals which inhabited the water and 
the forests, of the magnificent lakes which this river connected, and of the 
great future possibilities of the mighty commerce they could support, it 
was indeed a magnificent picture which presented itself to those early 
explorers ; and we who have lived to reap the benefits of their toil and 
hardships fully realize the fact that our " lines have been cast in pleasant 
places," and no tropical luxuriance or fabled islands of the sea can produce 
such valuable grains, such sheep and cattle, and such hardy and intelli- 
gent men and women as this fruitful soil and rugged climate of this our 
Michigan. 

I have often thought that the early explorer was amply repaid for his 
hardships. With good health and a spirit of adventure, what must have 
been his feelings when he first pushed his canoe into the clear blue waters 
of our beautiful river. What a keen sense of expectation must have been 
his as he rounded each point, anticipating the new beauties which pre- 
sented themselves to him, the strange men and animals and fish which he 
discovered ; and when he lay down on Mother Earih at night, how he 
would dream of the mighty empire which would some day occupy the 
land. 

And it has frequently occured to me to look back at the early life of 
those who took the axe in their hands to hew out the way to the civiliza- 
tion of today and roughly shape it for the future. I cannot say that their 
enjoyment was less than ours. In the old log cabin, with the open fire 
place, the hugh back log, the rafters of that humble home festooned with 



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strings of dried apples and pumpkins, the plain table, the rifle on the wall, 
and the old kettle hanging upon the crane, were to the pioneer sources of 
comfort that we of today cannot experience, but can only in our imagina- 
tion enjoy. The salt pork and beans, the bacon and potatoes, were to them 
as sweet morsels as the capon and pastry are to our more educated and dys- 
peptic stomachs. 

The ideas of Cadillac are the foundations of our present civilization. 
The land has been developed, the people have permanent residence here, 
churches have been built upon the hills, and school houses in the valleys, 
and the city that he founded has grown to be one of the most beautiful 
cities in all the world. It is the home of freedom, the seat of intelligence, 
and the abiding place of a contented people. 

1 invoke the spirit of Cadillac to be here with us in our rejoicings, and 
to witness the outcome of his foresight and intelligence. All honor, I say, 
to Cadillac. 



ADDRESS OF COL. JOHN ATKINSON. 

" The Old French Regime" carries us back to the golden age of Prance. 
There never was a more remarkable set of men than those who first 
explored this country. They were patriotic and naturally sought to widen 
the empire in which they were born. They were religious and anxious to 
expand the dominion of the cross, and to carry the story of Christ to the 
strange nations with whom they came in contact. 

More remarkable than the explorers were the countries which they 
explored. Never had such wonders been unrolled to human visions. From 
the St. Lawrence with its thousand islands to Niagara with its never 
ceasing thunders, from the stormy waters of Lake Erie through our own 
beautiful river and onward to the pictured rocks of Lake Superior, new 
sights of wondrous interest followed in quick succession. 

Wars have come and peace has followed. 

The flag of France no longer floats over the land these brave men won. 
Empire has been lost. Their kindly intentions toward the native tribes 
have been thwarted. The tribes themselves have disappeared. Others 
reap the benefits of their daring explorations. 

But the glory of these men remains to grow brighter as the years roll 
on. Their names are on our rivers and our mountains ; their spirits are in 
our churches ; their language, with its sweet cadence, is still heard in the 
higher courses of our schools. 



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They enjoy a still sweeter immortality in the hearts of the millions for 
whom they opened the way to freedom. Today Puritan and Catholic, 
Englishman and German, Poles and Italians unite in loving tribute to 
their splendid courage and glorious memory. 



The last meeting of the committee was held at the Russell 
House July 29th. The several accounts were duly audited. 
After which the following preamble and resolutions were unanim- 
ously passed : 

Whereas, The " Birth Day " of this noble " City of the Straits," 
founded by de La Mothe Cadillic, July 24, 1701, was creditably observed 
by both the citizens of Detroit and those from other cities in Michigan and 
Ontario and 

Whereas, The measure of success attending and aiding in the de- 
monstration on the 24th inst., which shall hereafter make the 2-lth of July 
memorable as " Cadillac Day," is specially due to certain influences, which 
this committee should properly recognize ; therefore. 

Resolved, That this committee desire to express their sense of obliga- 
tion to the proprietors of the Russell House for their courteous hospitality 
in granting the use of their spacious parlors for the frequent meetings ana 
to the Chamber of Commerce for the use of their office for committee 
meetings. 

To the press of the city and state, which, through its respective 
reporters, greatly aided the committee in perfecting the arrangements for 
properly cooimemirating Cadillac Day. 

To the generosity of those citizens who gave their time and money to 
make the occasion one of credit to the city, and to those who were ins- 
trumental in its inauguration. 

To the several civic societies and military and semi-military organiza- 
tions which gave eclat to the demonstration. 

To those invited guests from abroad who, by their personal presence 
and written expressions of kindness and congratulations, aided much to 
the impressiveness of the exercises, and, lastly, to those who, by their elo- 
quent addresses to the vast audience vfhich listened to them, made the day 
one long to be remembered in the history of Detroit and of jMichigan. 

The secretary was also instructed to send special letters of thanks to 
the Fourth Regiment and the various civic societies which had been ins- 
trumental in making the day a success. 



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Wayne County Historical Society was founded in 1824. Its 
first president was Lewis Cass and its first secretary Isaac 
Rowland. Their successors respectively were B. F. H. Witherell 
president; Chas. C. Trowbridge, C. I. Walker, Cleveland Hunt 
and H. B. Brown, secretaries. 

In 1871, the name was changed to its present : " Wayne 
County Historical and Pioneer Society," Levi Bishop, president, 
and Samuel Zug, secretary, who in time have been succeeded by 
Jno. C. Holmes, president, and James Girardin, secretary, and 
lastly by J. Wilkie Moore and Fred. Carlisle, its present officers. 

The objects and purposes of the Society are the collection 
and preservation of matter relating to Wayne County and the 
personal history of its members, from birth till death; the records 
of which are published in the Pioneer Collections of the State, 
under the authority of the Legislature, act providing therefor. 

The children of members, twenty-one years of age, and those 
who have resided in the State thirty years or more, are eligible 
to membership. On application to the secretary, he is authorized 
to record all such on receipt of the recording fee of two dollars. 



NOTICE. 



In behalf of Wayne County Historical and Pioneer Society, 
we again express our gratitude to all who so generously aided and 
co'operated with it in commemorating this day. 

J. WiLKIE MoOEE, 

President 
Fred. Caklisle, 

Secretary. 

The compiler requests indulgence for omissions and apparent 
repetitions. It was the original design, to include the names 
and a brief sketch of all citizens and members contributing, but 
owing to the difficulty in obtaining "data" for the sketches, we 
are forced to omit them rather than occasion further delay in the 
issue of the souvenir, but have them now nearly ready for the 
printer, and will publish them shortly in a separate form. The 
Press reports which we have taken the liberty to insert while 
comparatively full — abbreviated some of the addresses, and we 
therefore (though at the expense of apparent repetition) have 
ventured to publish them entire, in the order of their delivery. 

Fred. Carlisle, 

Compiler. 



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